The Team
Roger Bonnecaze
Dean
Principal Investigator
Gabriella Coloyan Fleming
Center Director, Research Associate, and Staff Lead
Co-Principal Investigator
Christine Julien
Deputy Center Director
Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-Principal Investigator
Courtney McElroy
Executive Director of Belonging and Engagement
Raissa Douglas Ferron
Associate Professor in Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Undergraduate Student Lead
Tyrone Porter
Department Chair of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Student Co-lead
Maša Prodanovic
Professor in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Graduate Student Co-lead
Lydia Contreras
Professor in Chemical Engineering
Faculty Lead
Kiersten Fernandez
K-12 Outreach Coordinator
Tony Silva
Administrative Associate
Christian Bell Onyemali
External Evaluator
External Advisory Board
The center is founded on the recognition that much can be learned from how long-established Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) support students, so we have created an advisory board with members from these institutions to collaborate on these efforts.
Ben Flores, The University of Texas At El Paso
Darren Kelly, The University of Texas at Austin
Pamela Obiomon, Prairie View A&M University
Mark Appleford, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Sarah Rodriguez Jones, Virginia Tech University